If a player is ****e it isn't really his fault if he is at least trying, it probably just means he is a bad signing and out of his depth. If a player is a lazy coward who hides behind every excuse a footballer can have it is his fault. Rodwell deserves every bucket of ****e thrown at him. He has let every single person down who has trusted him since he left Everton, who knew what they were doing when they got rid. That's your legacy Mr Rodwell, that's what you can remember. You were a con man who got away with it.
you are 100% correct sir, how many of us would turn down the sort of offers that he had, knowing it is almost impossible to be sacked? on the other hand, he was built up to be englands next major player and he must have had 'something' for city to spend on him so the very least anyone should and could have expected was that he would give his all when on the pitch, unfortunately i could never see why the pundits raved about him and it turned out i was correct, a complete coward on the pitch, no interest in those paying his wages would 'hide in plain sight' choosing the worst position to get a pass and quite regularly would get himself booked early so he could avoid contact the rest of the game, he also wanted away a lot sooner (or maybe he lied about that) so surely with his ambition and skill set, he would/could have arranged a 'not so grand' pay off (as he is rich enough anyway) in order to get his career back on track...yet he is still doing exactly the same.
Yeah I got the same! Also got told how good a footballer he obviously is by a number of them! Told them they’ll change their minds but gave up trying to tell them in the end
Absolutely spot on. He’d play today if the gaffer said we were short of a keeper and he’s recovering from a dislocated shoulder!!
Or he was peddled by City and soon realised what a bunch of mugs we were and took advantage, bit of blame on both sides?
I'd start by looking in Meadowhall shopping centre, personally. If its closed because of the lockdown he's probably stuck in there. And his lack of self awareness probably means he hadn't noticed.
lee might sign him in the summer, the way this frigging club is run i would not be surprised, we a big club ? who said that ? joke.
As I just posted in the WIlder thread - recently WIlder said that Rodwell injured himself at home slipping and falling. He's getting back to fitness but is unable to play U23 or behind closed doors games, so it's difficult to get him fit. Sounds like his contract flat out refuses to play in reserve games.
In the years to come I wonder if Rodwell will be an example of a mental condition that’s not yet understood. I was reading about Daniel Sturridge at Liverpool. Insisting that he was still a great player, refusing to play for daft reasons, bizarre injuries etc. Sturridge was a better player but I think Rodwell was more mentally affected.
You have to wonder if there is something like that to it. Surely every player wants to play? If there isn't some kind of mental problem, I can only imagine that he's a modern day Carlos Kaiser- except, unlike Kaiser, Rodwell has shown that he can play if he wants to. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Kaiser_(footballer)
Just spoke to a Man City supporting mate about this. He says it was the same there but much less profile as he wasn't getting in team anyway. But there were long periods where he wasn't available for selection but with no injury discussed or known about. And more than one occasion where he declared himself to be injured but physios / doctors reported nothing wrong with him. Feels to me like there is a mental issue there and instead of getting him help people have been too reluctant to call it out.
He's a lazy twat. Pure idleness. Gets paid tens of thousands, but if he doesn't want to play, just says he has felt a tweak.
We didn't look into those things back then. Hopefully the new regime will look into players attitudes and noticd this type of thing. He is a joke of a lad. Happy to turn up to training and call that his job. No intention of being in the team come matchday.
